Sand-dust storms in and around the Ordos Plateau of China as influenced by land use change and desertification

Catena

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-284

  Xu, Jiongxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Land degradation; Land use; Sand dust storm; Yellow River basin

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; DUST STORM; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; PLATEAU; SAND; TIME SERIES; WIND EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS;

EID: 33646057014     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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